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ARR NEWS QUIZ-12.8.24

  1. What proportion of Australians wear a smart watch-to the nearest 10%?
  2. Which kitchen staple is Nuttelex usually a replacement for?
  3. What was Australia’ most popular baby girl name in 2022-beating second place Amelia by just 1%?
  4. What is the northernmost city in England, whose people are known as Geordies?
  5. Who most famously painted “The Last Supper”?
  6. What is the name of Simba’s uncle in “The Lion King”
  7. Where did the Mayflower land?
  8. What is a baby kangaroo called?
  9. Who was the most recent Australian to be crowned Miss Universe?
  10. Which Australian Prime Minister appointed himself Minister for Women?
  11. In which Australian state capital would you find the artificial Streets Beach?
  12. Other than Canberra, which is Australia’s most populous non-coastal city?
  13. What car brand translates into “people’s car”?
  14. What is the chemical symbol for lead?
  15. What do you call the traditional Japanese art of folding paper?
  16. What is the name of Adele’s first album?
  17. Who is the firstborn son of British royals William and Kate?
  18. What is the name of the flag of the United Kingdom?
  19. In regards to the file format, what does PDF stand for?
  20. By number of locations, what is Australia’s largest bookshop chain?

BONUS QUESTION: Author Charles Ludwidge Dodgson is better known by what name? Answer in the next Quiz.

 

 

ANSWERS: 1.40% (36%) 2.Butter/margarine 3.Charlotte 4.Newcastle 5.Leonardo da Vinci 6.Scar 7.Plymouth Rock 8.Joey 9.Jennifer Hawkins 10.Tony Abbott 11.Brisbane 12.Toowoomba 13.Volkswagen 14.Pb 15.Origami 16.19 17.George 18.Union Jack 19.Portable Document Format 20.Dymocks

 

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER ( from last week’s Quiz): Actor Mickey Rooney’s first wife was Ava Gardner.